GARLAND, Margaret
As Margaret (Peggy) Withycombe, she was born at St Albans, Hertfordshire on 23/24 May 1903, daughter of John Gidley Withycombe, and his wife Ellen Hannah née Bell (6 January 1872-1 May 1937), who married at Islington, London in 1901. In 1911, Margaret was a 7-year-old, living at The Street, East Bergholt, Suffolk with her 36-year-old mother Ellen and two sibling sisters, Elizabeth Gidley 8 and Ellen Joyce 6, who were both born at Farnborough, Hampshire, her father was managing the family's farm in Devon. In 1921 she went to South Africa but returned to study at the Slade School of Fine Art. She returned to England several times but in 1926, Margaret was a 22-year-old teacher, living at West Cottage, Bitterne, Hampshire but in December 1928 she returned from South Africa and again in December 1930. In December 1932 she married at Hampstead, London, Thomas Onsworth Garland (30 December 1903-8 February 1993), a medical officer of health, from when she worked under the name of Margaret Garland. A sculptor, painter, writer, and broadcaster and in 1939, was living at 'Glenkendie', Harborough Road, Desborough, Northamptonshire with her husband and two sons Tomson and sculptor Nicholas (1 September 1935-). They emigrated to Wellington New Zealand in the 1940s but returned to England in 1962 living at Acre End Street, Eynsham, Oxfordshire where she was chairman and first president of Eynsham Arts Group. Following exhibitions of her work in Paris she was elected an associate of the École Des Beaux Arts and as Margaret Withycombe she exhibited at the Royal Academy. Margaret Garland died at Eynsham, Oxfordshire on 17 April 1998. The author of 'Art Smart: Basic Drawing for Beginners' and `Journey to New China' (1954).
Royal Academy Exhibits
from 64 Northlands Road, Southampton
1931 1680 Cape coloured Boy - sandstone head
from West End Lodge, West End, Southampton
1932 1400 Bathing Boy - a statue
1429 Sembi - bronze head
Works by This Artist
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